The Lost City is an independently made 12 chapter science fiction film serial created and produced in 1935 by Sherman S. Krellberg and directed by Harry Revier. Plot Scientist Bruce Gordon comes to a secluded area in Africa after concluding that a series of electrically induced natural disasters had originated from in the area. There he finds the crazed Zolok, last of the Lemurians, in a secret complex inside a mountain. Zolok had created the natural disasters as a prelude to his attempt to take over the world, holding a brilliant scientist, Dr. Manyus, there hostage, along with his daughter, Natcha. He had forced Manyus to create mindless "giant" slaves out of the natives as a private army and as the serial progresses we learn Manyus also turned another tribe, the spider-worshipping Wangas, into thin, impotent whites. Gordon helps Manyus and his daughter to escape Zolok, but they encounter Ben Ali, a malignant slave trader; meet the sexy native Queen Rama, who tries to help them; and survive harrowing jungle adventures before returning to the Lost City and stopping Zolok's plan. Cast William "Stage" Boyd as Zolok Kane Richmond as Bruce Gordon Claudia Dell as Natcha Manyus Josef Swickard as Dr. Manyus Eddie Fetherston as Jerry Delaney George F. Hayes as Butterfield Billy Bletcher as Gorzo Jerry Frank as Apollon Gino Corrado as Ben Ali Margot D'Use as Queen Rama Sam Baker as Hugo. Chapter titles "Living Dead-Men" (27 min, 51 s) "The Tunnel of Flame" (20 min, 42 s) "Dagger Rock" (19 min, 52 s) "Doomed" (18 min, 30 s) "Tiger Prey" (19 min, 31 s) "Human Beasts" (18 min, 25 s) "Spider Men" (17 min, 4 s) "Human Targets" (17 min, 36 s) "Jungle Vengeance" (23 min, 4 s) "The Lion Pit" (18 min, 21 s) "Death Ray" (20 min, 31 s) "The Mad Scientist" (18 min, 23 s) Source: Production The film took the premise of that year's The Phantom Empire but transferred the lost civilization motif from the west to another popular serial locale, the African jungle. Feature-length versions Sherman S. Krellberg had the serial edited into four different feature versions over time, perhaps setting a record for feature versions of a serial. The first feature consisted of the first three episodes of the serial and the first reel of the fourth episode edited together, and supplemented with footage not part of the serial itself which